Care & Maintenance and Site Services

In 2012, Newmont Mining Corporation placed the Hope Bay Project on care and maintenance while seeking a buyer. In March 2013, TMAC Resources Inc. assumed ownership of Hope Bay. During the transition and into present day, Nuna (through its company Nuna West Mining Ltd.) remained on site, providing a full range of site services for TMAC’s exploration and environmental programs. Initial work involved the continued care and maintenance of existing facilities and small infrastructure projects such as jetty repairs and reclamation at Patch Lake.

Following the receipt of full project funding in 2015, Nuna was authorized to complete additional major infrastructure work to support TMAC’s Path to Production, including development of the mill pad and foundations, quarry development, airstrip and apron expansion, extension of the Tail Lake access road, and construction of the South Dam. The South Dam will provide containment for the tailings generated by the process plant. Phase 1 of the dam will be completed by summer 2018, with plans to raise the dam in 2020.

Nuna continues to provide site service support and ore processing assistance, as well as the excavation and recovery of ore from a surface trench mine.

General Contractor

Nuna performed as general contractor, as well as part of the EPC design-build team to optimize design and minimize total installed costs. Nuna provided a full complement of services, including safety, engineering, quality control, and procurement, and was involved in all planning, scheduling, and execution of work on all site civil infrastructures, including roads, airstrip, jetty landings, quarry development, culvert and bridge installations, and site services support. Nuna also provided heavy equipment, crushers, cranes, shops, concrete batch plants, and drilling and blasting activities necessary to support the work.